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Victorian WorkSafe impairment benefit: stability checklist

Checklist and short letter asking a WorkSafe agent to assess a permanent impairment benefit once the injury is stable. The public page states no percentage, so this checklist states none.

Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
Where it applies: Victoria
AI use: Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
Law stated as at: 23 October 2026
Status: Maintained. Checked on 23 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Victoria.
Version: 1
Source: Written for this library

When to use it

Use when a Victorian worker may claim a lump-sum impairment benefit, separate from weekly payments and from a common law damages application. Do not use it for the serious-injury common law steps.

Used for these tasks

Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.

How AI may be used

The tool may list the injury, the injury date and the reports already held, and flag whether 12 months have passed, and the lawyer decides whether the injury is stable and which threshold applies.

AI may

Calculate whether 12 months have passed since the injury date the lawyer enters
Index treating reports that comment on whether the impairment is stable
Draft the short letter to the agent with square-bracket gaps for the claim number and the injuries

AI must not

Must not state a percentage threshold. The page reviewed on 17 July 2026 says thresholds exist and does not state one
Must not describe this benefit as the common law serious-injury application
Must not complete a worker's claim form that was not opened, or put the file into a public tool

The lawyer checks

The current Act and the impairment guidelines are opened before any percentage or table is used. Neither was opened for this checklist
Stability is a medical question. The page says the injury is usually stable at least 12 months after the injury date, and that is not a rule that it is always so
The worker is told that a lawyer is optional and that WorkSafe does not cover those legal costs, and is also told that impairment-benefit protocols exist
Health, wage and scheme records stay in the firm's approved tool. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply. A breach may be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.

Authorities

WorkSafe Victoria, Permanent impairment benefit, reviewed 17 July 2026 (lump sum, stability usually at 12 months, one benefit once, and the protocol fee). The page states no percentage

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